What you can do NOW

My fellow citizens,

Sometimes, thieves come to your house in the middle of the night. Sometimes, you are pick pocketed in broad daylight. Either way, both serve to remove liberties from you and your family. What is happening in this country is a systematic removal of your liberties; we saw the same thing happen to us by the British Monarchy and Parliament more than 200 years ago.

It is happening in the middle of the night when legislators pass bills while you sleep, after they have not read the pending law, and back room signing ceremonies by the President have completed the process to pass yet another law or executive order that by all standards, is not constitutional. It is happening in broad daylight, when citizens gather in peaceful protest, and they are branded as potential threats, 'radical extremists', to the functioning of 'their' government.

It is happening in every branch of government, and at every level, with 'pay to play' special interests and lobbying, no term limits for elected officials, and even in the judiciary, where we see a very insidious form of judicial tyranny and judicial imperialism where, in the words of the most recent supreme court justice nominee, policy (legislation) is made from the bench.

Bailouts and stimulus plans, to help failing business remain in business, is not the American way. We founders never envisioned the federal government wielding so much power as to now nationalize the banks, the transportation industry, and which is a current topic, the nationalization of health care.

The founding fathers are becoming increasingly concerned about the speed at which liberty is slipping away in this great country that we founded.

So the question becomes, what can you, each of you who are awake to what is going on, actually do about it?

We have some suggestions for your serious and careful consideration:

1. Vote out all of the incumbents in the next upcoming election. This is the only way to put the power back in the hands of the people. It must be that government fear the people, but right now, the people fear the government.

We all realize that this may mean that some good and faithful servants who actually are doing the work of the people, will also fall in this excision, but the cancer must be cut out, we must dispose of all the garbage in Washington. It does not take a third party, all it takes is your one vote to be cast against every incumbent running. If the hundreds of thousands in the 912 movement alone can rise up, and vote as one block, all over the country, it will send a very important message to all who serve as our elected officials-beware of us. There is power in numbers working together.

2. Vote with your pocketbook. There are postings all over the net describing and detailing who the recipients of the TARP bailout and stimulus monies were. Just as we did in early America, boycott those businesses.

Take for example a large bank in your town. Nearly all of these larger banks received stimulus money-your money, for mistakes they made in running their business. I realize that there are arguments that they were 'forced' to make bad loans by the government. But doesn't that again show that the government cannot be trusted to ensure the safety of the economy? The nationalization of these banks, car companies, and perhaps soon, health care, should send a shiver of fear down the spine of every American.

Our proposal on what you each can do today: take your money out of those banks that accepted bailout money. Do not buy products from companies that have been nationalized by the government. Use your collective economic power to determine the outcome. In a large metropolitan area, there are banks that received bailout money, and there were those that did not. Take your money out of those that did, and put it in the hands of responsible businesses. Do not let these government-controlled banks have access and use to your money.

Instead of a GM or Chrysler car, buy a Ford, or buy a foreign car that has large manufacturing operations in the U.S. which are not controlled by unions. Send the message that you will not allow government control of business.

In all of this, the point is to take the money out of the system so that these companies, and the government, do not have access to your money. We have powers in numbers working together. And when you take your money out, be sure to drop a letter to the CEO of the bank or the business you are boycotting, and tell them why. When they receive thousands of these letters, and they see their balance sheets dry up, they will know it is the power of the people at work.

3. After you have voted out all the incumbents in 2010, then start the process of vetting the new candidates for office in 2010. Support those candidates that share your principles and values. Make those candidates sign a pledge of how they will conduct themselves. Ask them to refuse special interest monies, which means you have to work harder for them as they will have less funds to work with. But we have power in numbers when we are working together.

4. Participate, recruit, continue to educate yourselves and others. More numbers means more power. Attend Tea Parties, talk to other people. Get to know each other, because the road ahead will be hard, and you must know who you will be standing with.

5. Seek alternative forms of compensation that do not use the Federal Reserve System dollars. Use exchange/bartering systems to exchange goods and services amongst people you know and trust. Establish ways to pay people based on gold and silver, a system which does not devalue over time the way that paper money has in every major civilization before.

These are but a few suggestions that need your careful review and consideration. It should be pointed out that we, in our struggle for independence against the tyrannical British Empire, were ultimately successful using tactics such as these. They worked then, and will work today. But understand, this can come at a high cost. It would not be surprising if I, at some point, am taken away to a holding area as a detainee, because in writing these words, I am branded an enemy combatant against the United States Government machine.

But we all have to remember, and beware that failure to act means the future of the Republic we built could diminish liberties even further, or worse, cease to exist. I will write about what that means for the future of this country in my next edition.

Respectfully,

John Adams
Citizen Servant of the People, and on behalf of the Founding Fathers

Building a Coalition: From the Bottom Up, or the Top Down?

My fellow Americans,

I'll tell you today, on behalf of the founding fathers, what we see today happening in this movement.

There are many local groups that have emerged as part of the 912 Project, the Tea Party Groups, and other grass roots efforts that continue to meet, and discuss, what is happening in this country.

All of this is good. A similar effort occurred when my cousin, Samuel Adams, started to gather friends and family and other like-minded people, when he formed the 'Sons of Liberty'. While I did not agree with all his 'Sons of Liberty' methods, the more respectful 'Committee of Correspondence' he also helped established enabled us to become more organized, and allowed us to document the liberties which were being systematically taken from us, almost daily. This Committee of Correspondence spread from town to town, and it was effective in helping to educate all who would hear, what was happening throughout the colonies. It was that sense of shared purpose that helped establish our state as a leader in the long fight to have our liberties returned to us, to 'we the people'

There are also many nationally established groups that have been in existence for many years. Groups such as The Heritage Foundation, The Alliance Defense Fund, Resistnet, Club for Growth, and many others, and my apologies if I have neglected to mention your personal favorite. But it will not, I hope, spoil your read, because there is a lesson in this for us all.

In the years that the above mentioned groups have been in existence, one must ask the question: why have not these groups combined, merged their capabilities, and worked together to achieve the common goals and aims that each of them work so hard at individually? We ourselves, in our struggle, learned very early on that one voice who is complaining about some policy by a tyrannical government is no match for the will of the people, who have combined their power into one strong machine that demands a change in the status quo. And so it would be the same situation here, that if this vast collection of capabilities would combine in some way, would not their message become even stronger as 'one voice'?

And at the national level, these groups which I mention above, all are working to gain members, get donations, they sell books, they sell 'speakers' who will come and speak to a gathering about the liberties which are being taken from us...some of these groups have large, well paid working staff members as well. One has to also ask the question, do these groups really want change, for would it not endanger their very existence and power if change actually occurred? Would not many of these 'companies' be out of business? They do not want to combine because they would lose their power.

For the 912 movement groups, and the tea party groups, one of two types of organizations are emerging. The first, where it all started, was at the meetup level. Concerned citizens gathering in their homes, in small meeting rooms, churches, schools, literally anywhere they could find to simply begin to learn what is happening, where are things heading if nothing is done, and try to find out ways to fight and rally against it. Using the internet, you are exchanging information with each other much in the same way the Committee of Correspondence did in helping to spread the word of injustice your tyrannical government is taking away, in a systematic way, all of your liberties.

The other type of organization that is emerging is that of the large national machine, in which they deploy social networks on the ning system, they use technology such as skype, and ventrillo in order to help bridge the communication gap between large states that are great distances away. They have organization charts that you see, like this one:

http://thenational912project.com/organizationalstructure.html

This site, was started by Patrick Jenkins. Here, there is no hiding behind the keyboard, for as we look at his organizational chart, we see that Patrick is firmly at the top, not necessarily because he was elected to that position, but he sits on the top because he was the person who established the site. Is it a surprise that the top person running the organization is the very person who started the website? I would say no. But at least he appears to be more accessible to the masses, he actually gives out his phone number, but we really do not know his background.

And here's another national website: http://the912project.us/. This site was started by Jared Law. They boast that they have over 15,000 members now. A question that a number of 912ers who belong to his site have said is why have there been no real movement to get more people involved in the administration of the site, get people even more motivated to succeed for the cause. At one point early in the forming of the site, Jared called for nominations of two representatives from each state that would form the 'interim leadership' positions to help guide the next phase of development for the organization. To my knowledge, such an initiative never went farther than his lips, and no action has been taken. And here again, we know nothing about Mr. Law.

And then you have another national group: http://www.thenational912coalition.net/, started by someone named KC Freeman. I don't know if anyone has actually spoken to this person, and I've never seen any resume or qualifications-not even a phone number is anywhere to be found that I've been able to find on the website. And although this site is named with the '912' posting, upon careful inspection, the 9 principles and 12 values are no where to be found. Instead, they have been modified into a different set of precepts, which by the way are quite good and well considered, but I doubt most people on KC's site know this, and I would say is borderline deceptive.

And when it comes to resumes or qualifications, and this is true for all of these groups, it should be remembered that at the first Continental Congress, the minutes will show that when we assembled, one of the first tasks we took was that each delegate presented his qualifications for the congress so that we could know who they were, what their background was, and what made them who they are and why they were here. I have not seen any such disclosure, in fact, I don't know if KC is a man or a woman. I think that when 'leaders' ask others to follow, most followers want to know who they are being led by. It is a perfectly logical question to ask.

So we now come to the point of circling back to the initial premise, as to why some of these national groups, and some of the 912 national groups, do not combine their forces in order to bring all the 912ers under one umbrella. Have any of these national leaders ever talked with each other about combining the groups for the good of the movement? I do not know the answer to this. When I have asked some of the 912 leaders of these national sites about this, the common answer is this: "the other groups are more than welcome to come to my site, we will gladly take the other members into our group". So it seems they are more interested in building their member numbers than advancing the cause. And it is clear that without any discussion like this, there is very little discussion about how to unite the groups, truly unite the groups, under a cause and a set of action that will be coordinated by the 'one voice' that can put the power back into the hands of the people. Could it be that they too do not want to lose their power, in this case, over you?

My fellow citizens, what you are experiencing is power of the many, in the hands of a few. And I believe this is one of the things we are all fighting against in Washington DC, and in our home states and towns. Any organization, large or small, can find the lure of power a very compelling thing, and it can lead to tyranny at every level.

Think about what I have written, and decide for yourself. Who do you wish to follow? Do you wish to follow someone far away that you really may not know at all, or do you put your trust in yourself, and your neighbors? It is clear to me that the way the 912 movement will succeed is through the people, not a few sitting at the top of the throne making gestures about unity without really working toward it. The secret is that the we do not need leaders, we simply need each other. So my advice is to keep working and solidifying your local meetup groups. Organize regionally, get to know neighboring groups from towns nearby. Build a sense of fellowship and common purpose. Educate, and organize in your states, so that you can become first, one voice in your state. Each of the states, , can come together to form a national agenda, much in the same way we did this when we sent representatives to the first Continental Congress. It will likely not happen if you subjugate your rights to a few leaders whose agenda we are not quite sure of.

Respectfully,

John Adams

Citizen Servant of the People

and on behalf of the founding fathers